Tuesday, April 15, 2008

The Benefits Of Anti-Aging Anti-Wrinkle Cream

The use of anti-aging anti-wrinkle creams and other skin care products continues to rise each year; this is due primarily to the fact we are all living longer and want to continue looking younger as we age. The skin care industry uses beauty products that increase the synthesis of the protein collagen, the main protein in skin which becomes less elastic as we age; with around a quarter of our skin protein being collagen, the importance of this substance has not gone unnoticed.

Collagen is related to other natural substances which help to slow down the aging process; this group is called antioxidants and apart from their cell repairing ability, they may be able to reduce the risk of cancer and heart disease.

Probably the best known of these anti-oxidants is vitamin C although no-one really knows just how much we should have each day. Unfortunately all skin care treatments that use vitamin C have the problem of atmospheric oxidization to contend with once the product is exposed to the air.

More stable skin care treatments are now available that are almost as efficient and actually cost less to manufacture. These new anti-oxidant products are not quite as good as vitamin C although other naturally occurring compounds, vitamin E and lipoic acid can achieve the same effect.

Found in human blood, vitamin E is not only an antioxidant but is designed to boost the immune system's resistance to illness; it has many functions including inhibiting the formation of cancer cells. Lipoic acid is also an energy making component of the body, found in every cell; it can also help reduce the aging process which affects the skin.

Other compounds called phytochemicals have proved to be beneficial in the formulation of anti-aging anti-wrinkle cream; they are removed from various plants. Like lipoic acid, phytochemicals help reduce the occurrence of various cancers, including breast and bowel cancer.

These types of cancer are also becoming some of the most prevalent worldwide.

Other vitamins from the B group are also used in anti-aging anti-wrinkle creams like vitamins B5, B6 and B12 for example. This is a vast area that has the potential for many new anti-aging skin care products and services in the future but research needs to continue. There is no doubt that what has been learned so far is only a small part of the jigsaw puzzle; more long term effective methods will eventually be found to reverse or slow down the effects of aging.

Hopefully, these challenges will get resolved in due course and better and cheaper anti-aging anti-wrinkle skin care products will be produced. Scientific research into anti-aging products is still in the early stages but they should never be relied upon; it is doubtful if science can replace natural skin care remedies. Regular sleep patterns, exercise, a good healthy diet and less stress will all contribute to reducing the signs of aging, for instance!